Tully’s has done an amazing job of capturing the spirit of the four day Hunter Farm Gathering Place COMMUNITY BUILD in under 3 minutes. Tully’s & the Pomegranate Center – Hunter Farms build in Wedgwood from Tully's Coffee on Vimeo.
SAVE THE DATE: Tully’s Coffee will be throwing a Grand Opening Bash on Saturday, September 17th at 3:30pm at the site to celebrate. Yes, there will be coffee amongst other great bash-related things. More information in the coming days. We knew going into this thing that there were risks. Applying for a grant to build a gathering place on a private property is risky, even if you have the property owners blessing, is risky business. Then there’s some inherent difficulties with the Hunter Tree Farm site that further challenged the design and process. However, perhaps the biggest risk is not Read More …
About 75 more folks came out to the Hunter Farm site today to help build a new gathering place for NE Seattle. And today, things began to come together and take shape. A special thanks to the Wedgwood Presbyterian Church congregation for opening their church up to the volunteers and providing a delicious smorgasbord of food for lunch. Wedgwood Presbyterian Church has been AMAZING this whole project. Thank you to Garza Foods for contributing 20 delicious tamales for lunch as well. What a supportive community we all live in. And thanks to Podorhythmie for christening our new stage. There’s still Read More …
Day 2 of the Hunter Farm Community Build ended with the dulcet blue grass tones of Artichoke Ridge. A little blue grass music and dancing is just the way to end a long day of work. Thanks to more than 205 unique volunteers, many of whom worked both Thursday and Friday, we’ve made a huge amount of progress towards our goal. Also, special thanks to the Wedgwood Safeway today for providing food and beverages for all the workers. Come out tomorrow to celebrate Day 3 of the community build with Podorhythmie, a French Canadian band, who will be playing from Read More …
What a day! Thanks to the nearly 150 people that can out today to lend a hand in the Hunter Farm Community Build. We were able to make some incredible progress with everyone’s help. With everyone pitching in, we were able to: Build and paint 30 bird houses, Paint all of the tall poles on site, Build about 1/2 of the 20 movable benches, Start painting the banners (made from 2 donated sails), Begin preparing the planting beds, Cut the tall poles that were installed 2 weeks ago, Prepare holes for a pole fence in the NE corner of the Read More …
Back on June 11th, the NE Seattle community identified a need which could be accommodated into the Hunter Farm Gathering Place project design. The need was an Emergency HUB where NE Seattle residents could come to if there was a disaster to communicate with the City as well as share news and supplies. Unbeknownst to the Wedgwood Community Council, the City’s Department of Neighborhoods was planning on limited the upcoming round of Small & Simple Grants to emergency preparedness, which Bill Dock with the WCC is planning on applying for. It’s this kind of domino or ripple effect, which King Read More …
Are you excited about the Hunter Farm Gathering Place project but aren’t super excited about building movable benches, decorating poles, or painting banners amongst other awesome improvements that will be going on? Not to worry, there are still lots of ways for you to get involved and make the project a success. Here’s just a few ideas: Buy a PERSONALIZED TILE for $35! Or just donate money to the project! Donate food and beverages for the volunteers! The Wedgwood Presbyterian Church’s kitchen is available if you need. Also, there will be plenty of delicious Tully’s Coffee. Bring your musical prowess Read More …
The folks at Sustainable NE Seattle sure do know how to put on a sustainable living festival. Whether it was learning on how to solarize your home; demonstrations of several electric cars; ways to care for urban goats and ducks, or any of the other fantastic ways to live more sustainably, the PLANET:HOME festival on Saturday at the Hunter Farm site was another great success. Make sure to check out Sustainable NE Seattle’s website for more of their upcoming events!
Last week, we updated you on progress that had begun on the Hunter Farm Gathering Place Project, which included building a prototype wheelbarrow bench and having pieces for 30 bird houses cut out. Since then, EVEN MORE progress has been made to prepare for the COMMUNITY BUILD between August 18-21 (Have you REGISTERED YET?). On Monday, we had seven 40-foot cedar utility poles delivered to the site. These poles were cut into 15 foot and 25 foot lengths, which were installed throughout the site as shown on the project design approved by the community on July 13th. Yesterday, 11 pole Read More …
Those of us involved in the Hunter Farm Gathering Place project know just how great this project will be for NE Seattle. However, this isn’t the only great Gathering Place project that the Pomegranate Center is involved in. They’ve got 4 projects going on around greater Seattle at the same time through the Gathering Places Grant partnership that they’ve established with Tully’s Coffee. The four projects include: Hunter Farm Project, NE Seattle Mercer Island Library Discovery Trail, Mercer Island Sumner Main Street Alley Project, Sumner Kirkland 132nd Square Park, Kirkland This innovative partnership between Tully’s Coffee and the Pomegranate Center Read More …